ಕೋತಿ (Kannada)

Where does "ಕೋತಿ" come from?

The Kannada noun 'kōti' names a monkey and, in a figurative sense, a naughty or mischievous person, especially a child. Its recorded etymology is that it is cognate with the Telugu form 'kōti'[1]. The available data gives no earlier ancestor form or dates, so the shared history can only be traced as far as this pairing.

Open questions

• The source records only that the Kannada word is cognate with Telugu 'kōti', without naming a shared ancestor form or saying which language may have influenced the other. [1]

Cognates and doublets

• కోతి (Telugu)

Sources

1. ಕೋತಿ (kōti) (Kannada) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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